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crayzeeRN-- that Chocolate soleil looks sooo dark. I see from your foundation selection that youre quite light. How do you pull off that bronzer? I always think bronzers (and contour powders for that matter) make my light complexion just look dirty- like I need to wash my face. I feel like a Chimney Sweep.

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I use an angled blush brush and VERY lightly pick up some with my brush, dust it on the back of my hand first, and then very lightly apply to my face. Once it is in the right spots, I buff it out a little bit with a larger, more dense brush

I think different shades work well on different complexions. Shades with a slight touch of red or pink in them look a lot more natural on me. My friend, with a different complexion, hates these shades and prefers more muted brown shades- such as Benefit Hoola (which makes me look like I've rolled in the mud!)

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Todays Challege in two steps 1. make things interestingly amusing/ 2. tell them what you are wearing as the post requires.... note to readers you can feel free to skip step one if you have read it partially already and are not amused or... if you don't want to be amused.

so at -o'dark-o-clock in the morning & After two generous & meticulous applied placements of E.L.F. zit zapper placed on my really recent & much-to-my-dismay breakout-on-miserable-mug-of-a-face which is more than likely due to my delicous last nights indulgence jaelpeno poppers for supper (as if the acid reflux & consumption of chalky gag-me-now-tums which quickly & sadly followed on the swift heels of my treat weren't bad enough) & also condionitiong my nerve wracked completley chewed upon during stressful times lips with fresh sugar lip balm twice as well overnight I decided that I wasn't going to get any winks of sleep for the night, so I came to the crossroads of what to do with the time before I have to skip off to work. so I decided with 8 hours of free time I was going to attempt a tropical beachy feminine thinking it would go with the stormy weather this casual friday morning for my work day here in gloomy weather currently in the mini- apple i might even throw in a lightly foiled neutral looking nude-shade lip just for the fun of it. so after deciding my fate I step into a freakishly cold shower...just...to make sure I'm awake and alert. After shivering uncontrollably for a nano second of my idea of pure living water of which I am now a not so proud survior of will now need treament for the rest of my life for. I quickly switch the water to boiling lobster & sigh in contentment instead of resentment then go about screaming rubber ducky your the one song just loud enough and off tune enough to make sure I woke my roommate every one else up in a whole block radious now that it is two in the morning which in this case here means at the top of my lungs & as everyone else should already misery loves company while one is in fact lucid. ok so maybe I made that last bit up lol. My roomate is probably sleeping with his good ear of which he only has one securley on the pillow to muffle any noise & I wouldn't even sing out loud for my music teacher in grade school which gives a strong indication that i wouldn't be singing even now amidst my love hate relationship with taking a shower and protesting my beauty sleep regiment. and I guess if your still reading and are amused I will stop humoring you and get on with my list. so here we go. this is the real deal now. not joking anymore.

Shower treatment:

Body wash: applied by loofah in suave wild cherry blossom

- yardly bar soap

- Skintimate raspberry rain shave cream and use of a generic disposable razor

- herbal essensce hyrdalicious featherweight shampoo (the one in the yellow/orange tinged bottle that smells tropical like nectraines & coral flowers) a few dreded moments dedicated to hastily towel drying my hair partially then partially drying it with my rockstar tigi hair dryer but it would take over half an hour and a broken hair dryer to get all the dampness out of my hair for some reason.

- bed head tigi leave in condtioner, ego boost

- bed head - cat walk root boost mousse spray foam lightly worked into the roots of the har

- bed head small talk srunched & then finger combed hasilty through entire mop of hair to make it look both volumized & pieced

- Benefit Cosemtics: How to look the best @ everything: Light (for those whom don't know it's a complexion kit) that includes:

the porefessional, mini

hello flawless oxygen wow "cheers to me" champagne, mini

boing, 01, & 02, minis

hello flawless "me Vain?" champagne, mini

Benefit cosemetics: Cabana Glama Kit excluding the medium complexion foundation mini because I already have enough foundation on in another shade from the how to look the best @ everything kit I applied & excluding the posei-tint mini but this is what the kit includes:

hoola bronzer

Posetint mini (not used)

medium skin tone make up/foundation which I don't remember the name to i gave it away right away because it was way too dark (So safe to say, not used)

peach fuzz eyeshadow

bronze buzz eyeshadow

cocoa pizzazz eyeshadow

- benefit cosemtics - High Beam, mini

- urban decay - Primer potion original, mini

- Benefit - they're real mastacara mini

- kat von d - Bow & arrow lip gloss for a bottom shade

- NYX roundcase lipstick in athena used on top of bow & arrow to give the lip a metallic sheen on top of the putty matte smooth look creating a more foiled effecect when the shades as well as brands get combined

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Today's similar to yesterday: some testing, some old favorites I re-discovered, and some use-it-up.

Note: Items with a * are in my makeup bag I'm carrying with me. Read below to see why this is relevant

Face:

Laura Mercier Primer

NARS Creamy Concealer in Chantilly*

Bobbi Brown Oil-Free TM in Alabaster (UGH, I love this!)

NARS Highlighter- Satellite of Love

Guerlain setting powder

Eyes:

Diorshow Lash Primer

Buxom Stay-There Eyeshadow in Collie

Diorshow Waterproof Liner in Aqua Green

Tarina Tarantino Fleur de Lash

MUFE Aqua Eyes- 01L Mat Black (upper waterline)

Chanel Le Crayon Kohl- Clair (lower waterline)

Stila Smudge Crayon- Kitten (under lower lashline)*

CK One Brow Pencil and Gel Duo- Foxy Redhead

Lips:

Shiseido Benefiance Full Correction Lip Treatment

MUFE Lip Line Perfector

Clinique Long Last Lipstick- Runway Coral*

Also in my bag that I didn't use:

Shiseido Blotting Papers

Lancome Photogenic Powder in Ivoire

Sample-sized Chanel Inimitable Intense Mascara

Dior Addict Lip Glow

Chanel Coco Rouge Shine Pygmalion (this is a comfort lipstick for me if I chicken out on Runway Coral sometime today)

Two things about today that are odd:

I bought Runway Coral and am afraid of it. I've put it on to go to work so many times and taken it off. I'm going to wear it out of the house today because a coral lipstick would be perfect for today's look (redhead/neutral eyes with a kick/green shirt). I put my safety lipstick in my bag just in case

I'm forcing myself to downsize. I usually carry the safety blanket of every product I use aside from foundation, a few other options for eyes/lips, and some essential supplies. Last night my back was killing me, and I realized that I'd filled my large Longchamp when I was never more than 20 miles from my house. Today's challenge: I can only carry what fits in an Ipsy bag, and I'm carrying a small bag for me that's even cross-body (Vera Bradley mailbag).